Abel Tesfaye, aka the Weeknd, may be a charismatic singer-songwriter, but he’s a severely bland screen presence, as he demonstrated in 2023’s HBO flop The Idol and now reconfirms with Hurry Up Tomorrow.

The Weeknd's first feature film is a surrealist vanity project, writes Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman.

Two years after he starred in and co-created the much-derided HBO original series, "The Idol," Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, is back with a new, ambitious visual project, "Hurry Up Tomorrow." The film,